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Television ratings have been down for NFL games, but some of the best remaining matchups fall on holidays. The ratings of those games will be worth following.The good news for commissioner Roger Goodell is two divisions that typically get good ratings have the most teams battling for playoff spots. The NFC East has been a good ratings draw, thanks to its tradition and rivalries, and also because all four teams are in big markets. And three AFC West teams?could make the playoffs.To preview the most intriguing games, Im putting Week 17 aside. Goodell made sure years ago that the final week of the season would be filled with 16 divisional games with the hopes of division races being tight so that those games dictate playoff seeding. But you dont know until that final week what they will mean, so well leave those out.One factor in determining the best remaining games: Some teams already are running away with their division. The Patriots, Seahawks and Cowboys all have at least two-game leads.?Another thing to watch: There arent many matchups between two top quarterbacks. The Russell Wilson-Tom Brady matchup drew 22.5 million fans last Sunday night. But many of the top quarterbacks playing for the rest of the season are on losing teams --?Cam Newton, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Andy Dalton and Aaron Rodgers. Great quarterback matchups are ratings draws, but it appears to be different if the teams are losing. The Dalton-Eli Manning game last Monday night drew a 7.9 rating -- 0.7 below a Bengals-Texans game last season.Heres how I rank the games to watch down the stretch.1.?Kansas City Chiefs at Denver BroncosSunday, Nov. 27 at 8:30 p.m. ETThe Chiefs have a great chance to win the AFC West, thanks in part to their win in Oakland. This a matchup of two great defenses and two great coaches. Sammy Sosa Jersey . -- Nate Robinson has played for seven teams, so beating one of them is no longer a rare occurrence. Mike Montgomery Cubs Jersey . The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. http://www.thecubsteamshop.com/Cubs-Addison-Russell-Kids-Jersey/ . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game. Kendall Graveman Cubs Jersey . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. Chicago Cubs Jerseys .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. RENTON, Wash. -- Russell Wilson was out of a protective boot and walking around the Seattle Seahawks practice facility by Monday afternoon.The concerns about whether Wilson would be able to play in Week 2 against Los Angeles seem to be at rest for now.Hes practicing on Wednesday. Hes planning on playing, coach Pete Carroll said.Wilson sprained his right ankle during Sundays 12-10 season-opening victory over Miami. Carroll was a bit cautious on Monday morning during his weekly radio show, saying he believed Wilson would be able play against the Rams but that it wasnt certain.A few hours later, Carroll was more confident that Wilson will be able to play through the injury, although he is likely to be limited in practices leading into the matchup in Los Angeles. Since becoming the starter at the beginning of the 2012 season, Wilson has not missed a game due to injury.You can hardly tell anythings wrong with him, Carroll said. Well help him in practice during the week to make sure we take care of him, but hes planning on playing. Theres no question in his mind hes not playing. So Im going to go along with that until I cant.Wilson was injured in the third quarter while being sacked by Ndamukong Suh, his foot and ankle twisting awkwardly as he went down. Wilson continued to play through the end of that series then quickly had his ankle re-taped on the sideline. He didnt miss a snap.Hes been banged up at times. Theyre not injuries but things that have bothered him and stuff. Just stuff that happens over the course of getting pounded on, Carroll said. His attitudes just always been the same. He never flinches. He never wavers. So this is the first time hes really had something that wed consider an injury that youve got to tallk about.dddddddddddd And like I said, I think last night, he almost welcomed the challenge and had an attitude about, `Ok, here we go. Im going to do this.Wilsons mobility was limited after the injury but he was able to scramble a couple of times on Seattles final drive, which was capped by his 2-yard TD pass to Doug Baldwin with 31 seconds left.I was pretty limited but I was telling coach Carroll and some of the trainers, when Im 43, 44, 45 years old and still playing, thats probably what Ill look like out there, Wilson said after the game.With Wilson having his reps in practice this week closely monitored, Carroll said the Seahawks may bring in another quarterback. Rookie Trevone Boykin is the only other quarterback currently on the active roster or the practice squad.Game notes Carroll was pleased with the returns of TE Jimmy Graham and RB Thomas Rawls, completing their recoveries from major injuries last season. Rawls was in for 22 snaps and had 12 rushes for 32 yards. Graham was in for 17 snaps and had one catch for 11 yards. I know he wants to be a bigger contributor. He did very well, blocked well when he had his chances, and it worked out well, Carroll said of Graham. We got him out there, got him started, and now well be able to get a lot more play time from him.... RB C.J. Prosise has a cracked bone in his hand but should be able to play with a cast. ... Seattle lacked the big play against Miami. The longest offensive play was 24 yards and the Seahawks had just two plays over 20 yards.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '